Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:20:25 -0600 From: Patrick Bowen <pbowen25@juno.com> To: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Getting devfs to recognize a hotplugged fd0 Message-ID: <41A943F9.40106@juno.com> In-Reply-To: <20041127192257.GA10638@il.fontys.nl> References: <41A8C9C3.1020504@juno.com> <20041127192257.GA10638@il.fontys.nl>
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Ed Schouten wrote: >Hello Patrick, > >Patrick Bowen wrote: > > >>I'm trying to learn how to get devfs to create an fd0 enty in /dev >>automatically when I plug a floppy drive into the serial port of a >>running Dell D600 laptop running 6.0 current. >> >> > >Are you sure that's possible at all? You know the serial port isn't >plug-and-play? How can the operating system tell that there is something on >the serial port at all? :) > > > Ed; No, I'm not sure. But, in 4.10, with /dev already populated with an entry for fd0, I could plug the floppy into a running machine and then mount it, no problem. So I'm thinking that if can either create an entry for /dev/fd0 during or shortly after boot time, or get devfs to rescan for devices, then it should work on -current also. I occurs to me that rescanning might wreak havoc with operations already using other devices, like a disk write or something, so the first option may be preferable. This is not a critical issue, but falls more in the category of "Gee, I wonder if i can (fill-in-the-blank)" sort of thing. BTW, thanks for your reply... Patrick
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